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J. J. K. BOOTE 8u G. L. HEGHLER. Fire-Kindler.

No. 200,972. Patented March 5,1878.

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JOHN J. K. BOOTE AND GEORGE L. HEGHLER, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO,

ASSIGNORS OF ONE-HALF THEIR RIGHT TO DEVANE F. SHERBONDY AND VAN DORNLILLIE, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

IMPROVEMENT IN FIRE-KINDLERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 200,972, dated March 5,1878; application filed December 12, 1877.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, JOHN J. K. Boorn and GEORGE L. HECHLER, ofCleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented anew and Improved Fire-Kindler; and we do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full and exact description of the same, reference beinghad t0 the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of referencemarked thereon.

Our invention relates to certain improvements in ire-kindlers, to adaptthem to be used in lighting hard-coal lires, being an especialimprovement over our former patent, which is inadequate to ignite coalof this description.

" Our kindler consists of a quadrangular bundle of Wood, bound togetherwith cord or twine at either end, and we propose making them of seven oreight pieces of pine or spruce, though we do not limit ourselves to thenumber of pieces used, or confine ourselves to the quadrangular form. Byusing this form, as shown,

it will readily iit into the common grate or receptacle for coal inordinary cook-stoves.

Underneath the bundle of pieces of wood described we place threeparallel strips of lath, so fastened as to be equidistant from oneanother. These strips are dipped in a composition composed of one partof paraftine to seven parts of resin, which we cover with cylinderchips,coarse shavings of wood, or sawdust, this composition forming acombination with the shavings which is readily lighted, and burns withmuch heat. A

In using the kindlers we have formerly manufactured, we have found that,while this substance, together with the strips of lath, is sufiicient tolight the ordinary soft or bituminous coal, it burns too quickly, anddoes not form a bed of coals sufficient to light the harder varieties.

By placing, as we do, a bundle of wood above the lath and composition,they will ignite, and the dame assist in burning the thick smoke whichrises, and would otherwise pass away without adding to the flame forigniting the coal, so that none of the substance is wasted in smoke. Thespaces between the strips of lath in the lower portion of the kin dlerare such as to admit the free escape of smoke to the bundle of woodabove.

This form we have found to answer all requirements of a kindler forlighting hard-coal lires, and as such we consider it an improvement overothers of the same class, which burn out too quickly to ignite this kindof coal.

In the drawing, the gure is a perspective view of our improvedre-kindler.

A are pieces of ordinary lath, of pine or other light and inflammablewood. B are pieces of spruce or pine wood, arranged in a compact pile,as shown. C indicates shavings, cylinder-chips, or sawdust, and acoating of parafne and resin. D are cords or twine, for the purpose ofbinding the bundle together until it is ignited, when they are burnedand allow the kindler to fall apart.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a iire-kindler, the combination, with the fagot B, of the stripsA, placed on edge beneath said fagot, and coated with a combustiblecomposition, substantially as described.

2. The tire-kindler described, consisting of the fagot B, composed ofpieces ot' wood laid promiscuously, and the thin strips A placed on edgebeneath said fagot equal distances apart, and coated with a combustiblecomposition and with shavings, the whole being bound together, insubstantially the form shown, by the cords D.

J. J. K. BOOTE. G. L. HECHLER. Witnesses:

W. E. MoRRoW, R. T. MoRRoW.

